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Definition of Deliberation

1. Noun. (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question. "The deliberations of the jury"

2. Noun. Careful consideration. "A little deliberation would have deterred them"

3. Noun. Planning something carefully and intentionally. "It was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"

4. Noun. A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry.

5. Noun. The trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision. "He was a man of judicial deliberation"

Definition of Deliberation

1. n. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

Definition of Deliberation

1. Noun. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection. ¹

2. Noun. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deliberation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deliberation

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deliberated deliberately deliberateness deliberates deliberating deliberation (current term) deliberations deliberative deliberatively deliberativeness

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Literary usage of Deliberation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1897)
"ration is a species of deliberation, and to deliberate is to investigate and calculate. Nor again is it happy conjecture; for happy conjecture is an ..."

2. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1841)
"All other appetites to do and to quit, that come upon a man during his deliberation, are usually called intentions and inclinations, but not wills ; there ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"(i) deliberation and Premeditation.—Where, by statute, murder is divided into degrees, deliberation and premeditation are generally made essential to murder ..."

4. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1892)
"... in which government has been established with deliberation and consent, the task of framing it has not been committed to an assembly of men, ..."

5. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Nothing can be more natural," said Sir Thomas, after a short deliberation ; " nor, were there no sister in the case, could anything, in my opinion, ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"Is not the sufficiency of this bond, then, « b. ed. most especially a subject for deliberation? If it be, how is this deliberation to be conducted! ..."

7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"Throw up your right hand" —and then shot and killed, there was premeditation and deliberation. There was the declaration of the intention to kill, ..."

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